LJ Daily Answers: 8 February 2010

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Ham on it!

1. Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States?

"So, I was supposed to pay attention in high school and learn this just so, years later I could get an LJDQ question right?" - nitasee

(Kinda, yeah. -CV)

"The love child of James Bone and Ms. Moneypenny" - seferin

(And the ljdq Typographical Error of the Week Award goes to... seferin! -CV)

"Nicholas Cage's Grandfather. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been a movie involving him finding the US National Treasure." - canuckdesz, drbunsen

(I'm holding out for the prequel, "Colonial Treasure". -CV)

"Every time I think 'secretary' for some reason my brain goes 'woman' and then I want to go 'WO-MAN!' kind of like Animal from the Muppets." - ifeedformula

"What kind of clerical needs does gold have?" - puredeadthingy
"Oh, I'm sorry, Sir, but the treasury can't see you right now. It's a non-sentient location used to store currency and items of high monetary value." - kchasm

(Well, gold is always interested in its weight and what it's worth. Someone's gotta keep tabs. Also, there's that "special" secretary whose job is all about "polishing" the gold, if you know what I mean. -CV)

"I admit that my knowledge of politics is limited to high school government, but there's already a Secretary and a Treasurer. Did someone get pissed off cause he lost the vote so you had to create a special position for the speshul snowflake?" - october_tempest

"Jesus. He's old and he's Jewish, so that's gotta be the right answer." - frequencyshift

(You left out "dead". -CV)

"Mr. Pennyworth." - jmthane

"The Goddamn Batman" - thepikey

"Jafar" - deza

"Scrooge McDuck" - avenginglyyours, mattwolf

"Rich Uncle Pennybags" - b_hulsmans, primavera, mandydax

"I've always imagined Washington just spinning around in a circle and picking out people at random. 'YOU. YOU WILL BE THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY' 'Aww, do I -hafta?-' 'Yes, now shut up and put on this wig.'" - severedscythe

"I can't think of Alexander Hamilton without thinking about this commercial" - smokedglass7429, seekingferret

Correct Answer: Alexander Hamilton



2. The Emancipation Oak is located on the campus of which university?

"They're naming trees now? What next? Mountains?" - angelprojekt

"Smith College, or Gloria Steinem will kill you" - germankitty

"Is this a trick to make me subtly and inadvertently racist? Because I'm British, we do that all the freaking time." - drunken_hedghog

"Emancipation oak. Sounds like a euphemism to me. You know, something big, and hard... or have I just been hanging around here too long?" - lins_arosa

(You might be on question #4 already without knowing it. -CV)

"According to every frat boy I've ever met, it's in their pants." - mattwolf

"'Emancipation Oak' sounds like a side-effect of one of Prescott Pharmaceuticals: 'Try Vaxafree! Side-effects include emancipation oak, Jim Crow's feet, and Uncle Tom's Cabin fever.'" - mandydax

"UGA is home to the Son of the Tree that Owns Itself. A landowner didn't want to risk the tree ever being cut down, so deeded the land the tree stood on to the tree. The original tree died of disease, and a planting from the original grows on the spot now." - deza

"Hogwarts. It's just beyond the Whomping Willow." - laughingacademy, october_tempest, primavera, wiredwizard

"The Larch" - akiyasan

(+1, Monty Python. -CV)

"I don't know, but I imagine the Campus dogs water it all the time. DAMN CAMPUS' DOGS!" - jd3000

"Paul Bunyan University" - phrench_phried

"Proclamation University. (Good ol' P.U.!)" - freezer818

"FREEEEEEEE TREEEEEEEE!" - falconpain

"Oaklahoma? Don't blame them for misspelling their own state pls, they can't help it." - lanzaned

"The campus of Deliverance U. They've got a heckuva kayaking program there." - tweeti

"It's right next to the Proclamation Hedge, but slightly higher, so there's a two-level effect with a little path running down the middle." - mark_laura

(A path! A path! Ni! -CV)

Correct Answer: Hampton University



3. The film "Over The Hedge" featured Steve Carell as the voice of which character?

"Wasn't Carell a game you play as a kid, kind of like pool but on a square wooden board with little rings you hit with cue sticks?" - jd3000

(...anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? -CV)

"These days if it wasn't a part where you're 10' tall with blue skin I don't think anyone will remember." - lanzaned

"Maxwell Smart" - darthparadox, germankitty

"The 40-year-old sturgeon" - drbear
"The Forty-Year-Old Pigeon" - falconpain
"The 40 Year Old Opossum" - thepikey

"Slappy Squirrel" - nitasee

"Mushroom! Mushroom!" - n5iln

(No badgers were involved in this film. -CV)

"Hedgewick and the Angry Itch" - thefannishwaldo

"CV owns the only non-impounded copy of the sequel, 'Under the Bush'." - many_from_one

"the last animated film I watched was Finding Nemo. And why didn't Nemo's dad do what we all know we would've done and gone: 'NEMO! Where the fuck have you been?!'" - lins_arosa

"'Over the Hedge' really ticks me off because no one realizes it was a much funnier comic strip first." - freezerjerky

(The strip is funny, but I think the movie takes it to an awesome new level. Plus, William Shatner. -CV)

"Helpful hint - if you're on 6 energy drinks a day, none of them with alcohol, it's not the world that's vibrating, it's you." - drunken_hedghog

"We've secretly replaced the powdered sugar on Hammy's doughnuts with cocaine. Let's see if he notices." - mandydax

"The only squirrel I've ever wanted to see turned into soup." - neumeindil

"Hammy, which is Steve Carell's alter ego if he were ever to do speed or a 6 pack of Red Bull in one sitting." - canuckdesz

Correct Answer: Hammy the Squirrel



4. What's this thing?


"[insert dildo/phallous/sex comment here]" - pretty much everyone.

"Jackal! Jackal! Is it a jackal! Jackal! Jackal?" - xsimply_tragicx

(No, but at least you didn't say dildo. -CV)

"The prototype for that building in London." - yayworthy

(I do believe you mean the one I call Giant Space Penis:
-CV)

"The mummified forefinger of Queen Hatsepshut, complete with blingy stick-on nail" - drbunsen

"The earliest set of written (chiseled) laws, for the earliest set of lawyers and rules lawyers to give Hammurabi a headache that felt like he was being carved with a stone chisel." - canuckdesz

"An obelisk commemorating ancient Babylonian superheroes, the Men of Stele." - jd3000

"It's an ancient Mesopotamian stele, engraved in Akkadian with all the laws of the kingdom of Babylon. It's currently at the Louvre museum in France. And I lost a good fourth of the points on my midterms last year because I forgot what it's called." - avenginglyyours

(You know, I was crap-all at history and even I remembered what it was called. -CV)

"HEY STELEEEEEEE! HEY STELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" - kchasm

"I dunno, but didn't Brendan Fraser smash it to defeat a rampaging undead horde?" - laughingacademy

"A dark layer on the bottom, lighter in the middle and lightest on top. So a 3-some of layers with funky sculpture on top." - akiyasan

(Mmmmmm... three-layer chocolate cake... -CV)

"That is the stele on which is carved the law code of Hamurabi, the first public codified system of laws, source of the famous 'Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth'. It is located in the Louvre, with a low fence around it and a sign saying 'Ne Touche Pas' which means do not touch. Because the irony was too sweet to resist, I touched it." - feste

Correct Answer: The Code of Hammurabi



5. What was the stage name of Stanley Kirk Burrell?

(Number of Star Trek comments: numbers are off the scale, Captain. -CV)

"Meat Loaf? Again?" - david_deacon, kristinmachina, laughingacademy

"Stan Laurel" - jmthane, jd3000

"The Tick" - neumeindil

"TJ Hooker" - thepikey

"Sledge Hammer" - germankitty

"Stan Bee" - la_trombonista

(Now I'm imagining a bumblebee with glasses shouting "Exzzzzzelsior!" -CV)

"Stan... kir...bur... Stinkerbell?" - phrench_phried

(Full credit. -CV)

"all we know is, he's called The Stig." - lins_arosa

"Stanley Kirk Burrell is an anagram for Bulky Ankle Stirrer. That, however, gives me no clue as to the true identity of Stanley Kirk Burrell!" - demon_666

"" - babybokal

"Whenever there's a crime
Some crooks are gonna do time
They all better beware
Cause the Hammerman will be there!" - cmzero, freezer818

(You both get a -1 for reminding me that MC Hammer actually had his own Saturday morning cartoon. -CV)

"Darth Vader dances to MC Hammer" - ifeedformula

"" - zxwx

"MC Escher. I'd pay to see those music videos." - i_calql8

"As a kid my sister and I had these grey footie pajamas that were quite voluminous. Our parents used to tell us to dance like MC Hammer, and to this day I know that it is a cruel privilege of parents to laugh at their children as they make them do funny things." - frequencyshift

Correct Answer: MC Hammer



6. What's your favorite meat? If vegetarian, what's your favorite non-meat?

(First, our one representative of the veggie-friendly:)

"I do like crumbed-fried oyster mushrooms (Mushrooms are meat for vegetarians, you know!). They are like little chicken drumsticks, without the annoying bone (I bet you meat-eaters like gnawing on the bones of your dead, cooked victims). But they are fried, therefore unhealthy and I can't eat them very often." - demon_666

(And now, everyone else:)

"I've got a beef with what's at steak, and I'm not too chicken to ham on about it!" - kchasm

"Baby. The other other white meat." - melayneseahawk, angelprojekt

"Currently, beef, but only because I just bought a quarter of a cow which is overflowing from my deep freeze and regular freezer." - canuckdesz

"Baconbaconbaconbacon--- IT'S BACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - neumeindil, thepikey and 20 others
"I think his wife Kyra Sedgwick might have something to say about that." - nitasee

"Catfish. Which is a meat by some definitions, unless you're a sissy vegetarian who thinks its okay to eat fish." - freezerjerky

"My least favourite meat is 'Meet the Parents'." - many_from_one

"I'll have to go with the guy from Porky's (Meat Tuparello), the condom scene was epic in those days." - lanzaned

"One time, when I was in Buenos Aires, a man asked my friend if she liked Argentinean meat. She thought he was talking about steak. He wasn't." - babybokal

"Census takers" - wrestlingdog

(+1, Silence of the Lambs. -CV)

"" - deza, ntlespino

"Veal or venison. I basically want to make baby animals cry either by herding them in small cages or killing their parents. Fuck you, Bambi, your mum was delicious!" - drunken_hedghog

"Does 'man meat' count?" - kagomeshuko

"I enjoy hot dogs. Therefore, I have no idea." - falconpain

(Fair enough. -CV)

"My favourite meat is not a clam
[My favourite clam is not a meat?]
In fact I prefer curried lamb
[Lamb prefers not me to eat]." - yayworthy

"Your mom!! No. Wait. Ew. Oh I think I need to brain bleach myself now...." - mistressjennfer

"soylent green. I don't know what's in it, but it's delicious." - smokedglass7429

"Monkey's brains. They're popular in Cantonese cuisine, but sadly, not often to be found in Washington DC." - cmzero

(There are a lot of monkeys in D.C. Sadly, not many brains. -CV)

"I like all meats, but if I were to chose a favourite, I would have to go with 'More.'" - feste

Correct Answer: Self-explanatory.



Why ham? Why not? It just kinda cropped up as a crazy idea, and in retrospect I regret not involving Dorothy and Mark Hamill, but hey, there's only so much one can do with six questions. Maybe next time.

Thanks for playing, welcome to any and all new faces, and remember: the more you play, the better the environment will become. Or something like that.

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[7tree-hugger.livejournal.com]

You may call it the "Giant Space Penis" but we, sir, prefer to call it The Gerkin. Humph.

No points for me. Next time I will be better. Next time I will be awesome! Next time I will play.

[germankitty]

HATTRICK!!! (Plus a packquote on #4!) Go me!

That kind of makes up for forgetting to play missing out last week. At least the LJDQ is one way where 2010 doesn't suck. *sigh*

[many-from-one.livejournal.com]

2 all. No clear leader, unlike the Superbowl, AMIRITE?

Trust our Northern cousin yayworthy to call it "that building in London" :P

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

I think jd3000 meant Carrom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrom)...

[kchasm.livejournal.com]

/me high-fives puredeadthingy.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

My alt-text on the image does acknowledge "Gerkhin" as the proper name. However, you're not fooling anyone with your fancy nomenclature. ;-)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We're the good part in every year! Or at least 14% of it.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Them northerners and their lack of appreciation! What's this world coming to?

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Trufax. A few weeks ago my brother cooked dinner for MC Hammer.

[germankitty]

Yes. Yes, you are. :) *snuggles LJDQ*

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Stop! Dinnertime.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Nowadays it's proper to call them "the Administrative Assistant of the Treasury".

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

True. But hitting Carrell with wooden disks does sound rather appealing.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Oooooh snuggly!

[chezmax]

other inventive names have also been used for the building, including the Erotic gherkin, the Towering Innuendo, and the Crystal Phallus

<3 wikipedia.

[mark-laura.livejournal.com]

And the new streak starts at 1! As they must, really.
I unsolemnly swear to be more consistent in responding to the call to arms fingers that is LJDQ. Gotta get that funneh limbered up...

[frequencyshift.livejournal.com]

Three weeks in a row with quotage? With two this week?? Who am I, and where did I get the funny?

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Pity quote! I'll take it!

Spring training in 3.5 weeks! Baseball (finally) FTW! Go Cubs!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I pity the fool that roots for them Cubs!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Stretch and bend and one and two... Let's get the comedy juices flowing!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Target, probably. They have everything there.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

In summary, London's got a big old sci-fi boner going on, and there's no stopping it.

[drunken-hedghog.livejournal.com]

I am so glad this quiz awards inventiveness rather than correctness, because i had no idea what the answer was to ANY of these questions.

Still, chuffed that I got three of my own and a groupthink! I'll be doing this quiz hungover again.

[mistressjennfer.livejournal.com]

Ha!

[mistressjennfer.livejournal.com]

Yay! Quotage!

Still gotta get that brain bleach though.... to Target, where they have everything! :)